Zwischentoene (Nuances) Windwerk
- 1Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier02:55
- 2Improvisation04:05
- 3O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden06:06
- 4Hymnus04:14
- 5Fantasy on the oboe theme from the Aria ”Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod' (BWV 82)03:08
- 6Improvisation04:22
- 7Midsummernight05:51
- 8Introduction, Siciliano, Fugue and Choral about ”Veni creator spiritus'05:26
- 9Early Morning06:36
- 10Improvisation about 'Christ ist erstanden'04:14
- 11Improvisation03:41
Info for Zwischentoene (Nuances)
Jazz and church music - two genres of music in which improvisation, the spontaneous invention of music, has always been of great importance. Improvisation models such as Chaconne and Passacaglia have a long tradition in church music. In jazz, improvisation is a central principle of creation, embodying the full being of this music. So what could be better than bringing together these music-making traditions at this point of contact?
The pieces on this work are the result of this concept and represent various 'interim states' of this encounter. In this way, jazz adaptations of hymns, improvisations on hymn themes, classically inspired compositions, pop-oriented ballades and free improvisations were created. Depending on the piece, there is a tendency towards one direction or another in the field between jazz and church music. The binding element continues to be improvisation.
WINDWERK
... is the German word for the blower of a church organ. Both instruments, the saxophone and the church organ, operate with wind.
So they called their ensemble WINDWERK:
Martin Sebastian Schmitt, Saxophone
1969 in St.Wendel
Jazz studies (Saxophone, German flute) at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz under
Peter Reiter, Jörg Kaufmann and Rainer Heute, Jazz Composition and Arrangement course under Prof. Joachim Ullrich and Prof. Ed Partyka
Masters courses and workshops with Joe Lovano, Benny Golson, Roman Schwaller, Vincent Herring, Lee Konitz, Herb Geller, George Robert, Gunter Hampel, Dick Oatts and Peter Herbolzheimer Award-winner at the international jazz event “generations 2000” in Frauenfeld (Switzerland) Freelance composer, arranger, instrumentalist, conductor
Saxophone teacher at the Wiesbaden College of Music and Art and at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz
www.msschmitt-musik.de
Volker Krebs, Organ
1974 in Wiesbaden
Studied Catholic Church Music A at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz under Gabriel Dessauer, Prof. Gerhard Gnann, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Kaiser and Prof. Alfred Müller
Other studies in Louis Robillard’s Master Class (Lyon),
under Jean-Pierre Leguay (Dijon) Master Courses with Oliver Latry, Guy Bovet, Heinz Wunderlich, Wolfgang Zerrer
Scholarship winner of the Richard Wagner Association (1999), the DAAD (2001) and Johannes-Gutenberg University (2002)
Deanery cantor in Bleialf since 2004